Chapter Two: Dreaming

Celeste eyes opened slowly, it was dark outside of the ship, but her wrist-strap told her that it was only five o'clock, that's when she heard the rain on the roof of the ship; she loved the rain so. She slipped out of Jack's arms, where she had fallen asleep a few hours previous, and walked out of the hatch out into the pouring rain, staring outwards at the little blue box shrouded in the mist.

Jack awoke to find Celeste gone, no where aboard his ship in fact, and then heard it, the rain. He knew that she was out there because she loved the rain. He just hoped that she stayed under the cover and not out in the rain again, she had been sick for a month last time. But when he walked through the hatch, sure enough, there she was standing in the pouring rain. Worse off, she was only in her camo bra and shorts, no shoes. Her blonde hair was matted to her head, looking almost brown, and she shivered from the chill that was set throughout the air. He ventured closer to her and touched her shoulder, to which she jumped something awful.

"Cee Cee, what's up? Why are you out here?" Jack asked again, gently, as he touched her shoulder again.

Celeste turned her head to him and he saw it, it was unmistakable. She had been crying while she was out there in the rain, although the rain would normally make it impossible to tell, her eyes had given her away. They held that desolate look, her baby blues so soft that they were almost transparent, but he couldn't help but wonder what had brought his strong warrior princess to tears; although he'd never call her that to her face again, getting knocked out once was enough for him. When he touched her shoulder she shuttered under his touch but gradually relaxed, although still completely tensed up. There was rarely a moment when Celeste wasn't tense, but this was one of those extreme times when she allowed herself to be slightly vulnerable. Jack really hated to see her like this, he was determined to find out what caused it in fact, but he was very worried with her standing in all the water. Especially when a purple streak of lightning cracked in the sky and the thunder roared.

"Celeste, come on, we've gotta get you back inside. You'll be struck by lightning." Jack pleaded but nothing from Celeste but her simply turning her head back to stare out at the blue police box; she knew that the Doctor could see her, this knowledge however, was withheld from Jack. "Cee Cee, you could catch your death out here." Jack tried again, but she simply smiled at the Doctor, she knew that he would be like Jack, wondering why she had a death wish. "Damnit!" Jack cursed as he picked her up and pulled her back under the cover of the hanger, and seconds afterward, a lightning bolt struck where she had been standing but moments before. Did she want to get hit by that bolt, did she calculate it's trajectory? Jack wondered to himself, but it was replaced by concern as Celeste started to shiver in his arms. He quickly brought her inside and retrieved a towel to dry her off. "Are you crazy?" He reprimanded, he couldn't figure out what on this earth or otherwise would drive her to that.

"I dreamt of Leon, I dreamt of the battle of Gorlecktesh." Celeste's voice was soft, barely a whisper of a breath. But Jack heard it nonetheless, and he knew the pain that it carried with her.

"You saw him die by the Daleks." Jack said, he was simply waiting on her to continue.

"Yes, we were holding the line, some of the last left. And the bolt was aimed for me, even now I don't know how he managed it, but he was exterminated instead of me. It left me with the chance to take cover, I killed those that were threatening us, but I had to teleport out, I just left his body there." Celeste said her eyes glassing over.

"Oh god sweetie, you had no choice and you know that." Jack said as he held her to him and rocked her gently. Celeste didn't say anything, just bit her lip and let Jack comfort her, she needed it.

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The Doctor stared at the monitor of the Tardis, he watched Celeste on her self-destructive path. Jack was right, she had changed, the old Celeste would've never did that. He was worried and even more so when that bolt struck right after Jack had picked her up. Celeste had always had an uncanny ability to predict the weather patterns, maybe that was part of it, the storm had risen so suddenly, maybe it was from her turbulent emotions that it was sprung. But a soft sound gained his attention as he looked behind him, Rose was awaking on the couch, she had fallen asleep a short while ago. He kneeled by her and she grasped his hand, speaking so softly he could barely pick it up.

"You're still here."

"Of course Rose, I'll never leave you." The Doctor whispered softly, she was still distraught, he could tell that much. He just didn't want her to pretend she was okay, because he knew that it wasn't true, and it was bad for her to pretend otherwise.

"Mmm." She said as she got up and walked over to the doors of the Tardis, opening them and looking out at the rain.

"Rose?"

"I used to love the rain when I was a little girl, you know." Rose said as she looked back at the The Doctor who was approaching her. "I used to stay up and listen to the rain on my window. That was when--" She cuts off, brushing a few tears out of her eyes. "That's when mum and I would stay awake and she would tell me stories of dad." Rose struggled to speak, the tears were coming fluently down her cheeks now. She felt The Doctor place a hand on her shoulder and she turned into him, crying. "Oh God Doctor, what am I going to do? She's gone, she's really gone." Rose cried.

"Shhhh. It's okay Rose, we'll sort it out, you and me." The Doctor soothed her and led her back to his bedroom.

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A.N. Well there's a little mini chapter for my undecided reviews. Let me know if you think I should continue this or not. If so I've got an idea for the next chapter.

This is just trial by fire, also let me know what you think of the character portrayal, please.

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